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PIONEERS
WIN TWO IN CONFERENCE SERIES WITH
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Easter Adds Two More Homers to Season Total
PORTALES,
N.M. – The 16th-ranked Texas Woman’s
University softball team defeated Eastern New Mexico, 6-3
and 4-2, in a Lone Star Conference South Division doubleheader
Friday.
The
first game went 10 innings and was decided on an international
tie-breaker after both teams remained tied at 3-all after
nine. Senior leadoff batter Teresa Flores (Corpus
Christi, TX) started the tenth on second base. She
advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Nikki
Boudreaux (Orange, TX) and scored off a double from
senior Jennifer Collins (Forney, TX). Junior Stefani
Easter (Troy, TX) was the next to bat and drove
Collins home with a double. Easter stole third and scored
the Pioneers’ sixth run when the catcher overthrew
the base.
TWU
was down 3-1 in the top of the sixth, but Easter tied it
up off a solo home run. She added another two-run homer in
the second game for a team-best six on the season.
“The
first game was pretty sloppy,” TWU head coach Dianne
Baker said. “We had four errors, but we got
through it. We played much better in the second game and
really took advantage of our hitting.”
Easter
and Collins both went 3-for-4 at the plate in the second
game and scored the winning runs to put TWU up 2-0 in the
middle of the first inning. Sophomore hurler Amanda
Chambless (Collinsville, TX) pitched the complete
game and improved to 8-1 on the season.
“The
pitchers really buckled down when they had a scoring threat
and our batters got some timely hits at crucial times,” Baker
added. “Eastern is certainly going to come out harder
tomorrow and we are going to have to as well.”
The
Pioneers (26-5, 4-2 LSC) will conclude their conference series
at Eastern New Mexico with another doubleheader on Saturday
at 1 p.m. (CST).
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